Emma Clancey
Emma Clancey is a fantasy writer and medical student living in Sydney. In 2024, she was awarded the Ray Koppe/Australian Society of Authors Young Writers Fellowship. Emma's debut novel, This Dream Will Devour Us, is a YA fantasy thriller that blends her passions for magic and medicine. When not writing or horrifying her friends with unsolicited medical facts, she's likely jabbering about her latest reads on Instagram @emma.clancey.
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Ruby Jean Cottle
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Madeleine Cleary
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Olivia O'Flynn
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In 2022 her manuscript Hollow Bones was long-listed for the Richell Prize for Emerging Writers, and she was named as one of Radio Today's 30 Under 30 to watch in podcasting. Ever Blessed is her debut novel.
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Julia also wrote the book, music, and lyrics for the new original musical ENDLESS (dir. by Zi Alikhan, Seoul, 2026), which features an expansive, celestial mythological universe and a cinematic pop score. Julia’s literary work includes upcoming YA fantasy novel The Last Tiger (Penguin Random House, 2025), as well as MG fantasy novel Shim Jung Takes -
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Brittney Arena
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When she’s not penning tales, Brittney spends her time obsessing over k-dramas, playing with her camera, and waging war against ungodly amounts of pet hair. She currently resides in North Carolina with her husband and two pups, and is always ready for the next adventure, whether it be on page or in real life. A Dance of Lies is her debut novel.
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Vanessa Len
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Ann Liang
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Alexandria Warwick
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Natalie Murray
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Author of award winning Spark, Stray, Shield & TheRift (Walker Books Australia and Candlewick Press) and The Lost Saint (8th Note Press and Allen & Unwin NZ)
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For action, adventure, romance, and a guaranteed HEA, start one of her series today.
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Secret Keepers series (Paranormal Romance) House of Darken. House of Imperial. House of Leights. House of Royale.
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Jane Caro
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Krystal Sutherland
Krystal Sutherland is an internationally published author. Her latest novel for young adults, House of Hollow, was released by Penguin in April 2021. Sutherland's first novel, Chemical Hearts, was published in over 20 countries and was named by the American Booksellers Association as one of the best debuts of 2016. The film adaptation, produced by Amazon Studios, stars Lili Reinhart (Riverdale) and Austin Abrams (Dash & Lily); Sutherland served as an executive producer on the project. Her second novel, A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares, was published to critical acclaim in 2017 and has been optioned for adaptation by Yellow Bird US. In 2018, she appeared on the annual Forbes “30 Under 30” list. Originally from Australia, she has li
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Sophie Clark
Sophie Clark likes to say she writes fantasy featuring wounded girls with sharp edges and charming boys who fall for them anyway, sinister mysteries, twisted gods, and other unholy things.
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She holds a masters degree in international relations from the University of Melbourne, and worked for the Australian Senate before leaving politics for good. When not writing, she is almost invariably reading; when not reading, she’s lavishing affection on her border collie, Indy.
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Emma Lord
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Mikayla Bridge
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Margot McGovern
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Her second novel, This Stays Between Us, will be published in March 2025.
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Maria Lewis
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Raelke Grimmer
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H.M. Waugh
HM Waugh is a children’s author, educator and environmental scientist with a long-term love of wild places and outdoor adventures. She has been kidnapped twice, handled dragons for a job, and dreams of one day blasting into space. Her books mix humour, danger and friendship with a dash of science and imagination.
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Tzeyi Koay
Tzeyi Koay (🔊 Zee-Kway) is a Chinese-Malaysian, Australian-based lawyer turned fantasy writer. She grew up in a kampung—a small Malaysian village—surrounded by the stories and traditions that would later inspire her work. Her stories draw on Chinese culture and mythology, as well as by her family’s practice of Chinese folk religion.
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Her debut romantasy novel, A Curse Carved in Ink, will be published in January 2027 by Simon & Schuster UK and Atria Books Australia. Since acquisition, global excitement has led to auctions in several territories, with rights sold into Germany (Heyne), Italy (Newton Compton), Spain (Minotauro/Planeta) Hungary (General Press/Lira) and Poland (Uroboros/Foksal).
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Alina Bellchambers
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She has a psychology degree from Flinders University and a background in acting, modelling and public speaking. Alina writes on a forty-acre hobby farm in the picturesque Adelaide Hills of South Australia.
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Katharine J. Adams
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Demet Divaroren
Demet Divaroren was born in her mother’s childhood home in Adana, Turkey. She migrated to Australia with her family when she was six months old and grew up on the outskirts of Melbourne.
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Her debut novel Living on Hope Street won the 2018 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award’s Prize for Writing for Young Adults and was shortlisted in the 2018 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Young Adult fiction. Demet is the co-editor of CBCA shortlisted anthology Growing Up Muslim in Australia (A&U) that provides different snapshots of Muslim life, dispelling myths and labels and celebrating diversity.
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